Handle for cans, drums, or similar receptacles.



No. 650,773. Patented May 29,1900.

W. S. BAILEY &. P. H. MURRAY. HANDLE FOR CANS, DRUMS, 0R SIMILARREGEPTACLES.

(Application filed Jan. 16, 1900.

(No Model.)

TNE n'onms Prrzaspa, Puo'wuma, WASHINGYON, a. c.

"WILLIAM S'EYBOURNE BAILEY AND PATRICK HENRY MURRAY, or HoNG- KoNe,oI-IINA.

HANoLE F'o'R CANS, DRUMS,

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briginal application filed $epteh1heir'7 1899, as. N81 731,864. Dividedaid this application filed January 16 1900. Serial No. 1,678. (Nomodel.)

To all tohoml it may omt'oern:

Be it known that we, VVILLIAM SEYBOURNE BAILEY and PATRICK HENRY MURRAY,engineers, subjects of the Queen of Great Britain, residing atHong-Kong, China, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement inHandles for Cans, Drums, or Similar Receptacles, (forming a division ofthe application, Serial No. 731,864, filed September 27, 1899,) I0 ofwhich the following is a specification, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, in which Figure l is a side view of a handle andferrule ready to be secured to a can, drum, or similar receptacle. Fig.2 is a plan of part of the top of the can, drum, or similar receptacleprepared for the attachment of the handle thereto; and Fig. 3 is atransversesection, drawn to an enlarged scale, showing a handle securedto the can, drum, or the like.

This invention relates to the securing of handles to cans, drums, orlike receptacles for containing oil or other liquids or substances. Themethod is described and claimed in the above-named application, Serial N0: 731,864, and the present divided application is for the purpose ofcovering the product of said method. Handles for such receptacles areusually made of Wire bent to a suitable shape and are pivotallyconnected to the receptacle in such a manner that they can be turneddown close to the top thereof to facilitate the packing or storing ofthe receptacles or can be turned into an upright position when it isdesired to carry the receptacle by means of the handle. Heretofore thesehandles have been secured to the top of the receptacle by means of ametal plate arched or raised along the middle, so that when this archedor raised part is placed over the lower part of the handle the parts ofthe said plate on either side of the arched or raised part thereof willlie flatly against the top of the receptacle,to which they are thensecured by means of solder. This old method of securing the handles isnot only a crude and clumsy one, but it in volves the use of anunnecessarily large amount of solder-that is to say, of more sol-- derthan is really necessary to enable the handle to sustain the weight ofthe receptacle when full. It is also apt tocause a wasteful applicationof the solder, and consequently the cost of the solder becomes animportant item in the securing of handles to thousands of receptacles bythis old method.

' Now the object of the present invention is to facilitate and expeditethe operation of se curing the handles to the receptacles, whileefiecting a considerable economy in the use of the solder and improvingthe appearance of the finished receptacle. I

According to the improved method the top' of the can, dru'nh, orotherreceptacle is made with raised portions s'o located relatively toeach other as to form between them a groove 6 5 or channel of sufficientwidth to receive a tube or ferrule,- which is fitted on or fo'rniedabout the lower part of the handle, so that the said handle can turnfreely init. When this tube or ferrule is placed in or partly in thesaid groove or channel between the raised portions of the top ofthe-receptacle, it can be firmly secured to the latter by means of twovery small pieces or quantities of solder, one at each side of the saidtube or ferrule. If do sired, the said tube or ferrule after beingfitted on or formed about the lower part of the handle is soldered tothe ordinary flat top of the can, drum, or other receptacle, or insteadof making the top with raised portions it is made with a groove ordepression, into which the said tube or ferrule can be placed andsoldered; but it is more advantageous to make the top of the receptaclewith raised portions, as above described, which can be effected bystamping or in any other conven ient manner.

' Referring to the accompanying drawings, a is the top of any suitablecan, drum, or other receptacle.

I) is the wire handle.

0 is a metal tube or ferrule which is formed by bending a piece of tinor sheet metal around the lower part of the handle I), so that itslongitudinal edges meet or nearly meet, or, 5 if desired, so that thesaid edges overlap each other more or less.

The top a of the receptacle is made with ridges or raised portions cle-for example, by stamping up the metal, as shown-and in mo the channelformed between these ridges or raised portions the said tube or ferruleis placed with its adjacent or overlapping edges lowermost. Solder isthen applied at f 9, Fig. 3, so as to firmly unite the said tube orferrule to the said ridges or raised portions d 6. It is evident thatthese raised portions of the top a can, if desired, be made of lesswidth or shallower, or the top a may be made without such raisedportions or with a groove or depression to receive the said tube orferrule; but it is preferable to make it with raised portions somewhatlike those shown in Fig. 3.

What we claim is 1. The combination of a wire handle, a metallicsurface, as the top of a can, drum or the like, having a groove orchannel, and a tube or ferrule mounted on the lower part of said handle,fitted into said groove or channel and soldered thereto, substantiallyas described.

2. The combination of a wire handle, a metallic surface, as the top of acan, drum or the like, having parallel ridges or raised portions, and atube or ferrule mounted on the lower part of said handle, fitted in thegroove or channel between said ridges or raised portions, and solderedto said ridges or raised portions respectively, substantially asdescribed.

3. The combination of a metallic surface, a groove or channel formed byraising part of the said surface, a wire handle, and a tube or ferrulemounted on the lower part of said handle and soldered in said groove orchannel, substantially as described.

In witness whereof we have hereunto set our hands in presence of twowitnesses.

WILLIAM SEYBOURNE BAILEY. PATRICK HENRY MURRAY. Witnesses:

ROUNSEVILLE WILDMAN, CHINN PoY Woo.

